Onlookers ‘just felt so proud to be Irish’

IT’S a moment they said they’ll remember for the rest of their lives.
Onlookers ‘just felt so proud to be Irish’

Danielle Cantwell, 17, and her mother, Patricia, from Rochestown, Cork, had been standing behind barriers on the Grand Parade, opposite the English Market entrance, for three hours, when the Queen emerged and, to the surprise of everyone, made her way across the road to greet people.

“We didn’t think we’d get to see her,” Patricia said.

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